Oppose the Overreach of Police Powers!

spy1

http://www.aclu.org/NationalSecurity/Na...13692&c=24

People across the country are questioning the provisions of the infamous PATRIOT Act and demanding that it be corrected. Congress is responding to this concern and has begun re-considering many of the government powers expanded under the PATRIOT Act -- like the use of "black bag" searches.

Instead of listening to these widespread concerns, however, some Members of Congress are promoting a new measure -- the so-called "Victory Act -- that contains numerous provisions previously rejected by Congress.

This proposed bill would expand police surveillance powers and significantly infringe on the privacy of innocent people. It would treat drug offenses as terrorist crimes, create incentives for government agents to conduct illegal searches and remove constitutional protections on government investigations.

Take Action! Urge your Members of Congress to oppose the so-called "Victory Act."

This bill would allow the government to use illegal evidence in court in a wiretap or Internet eavesdropping cases.
The Victory Act would allow evidence to be introduced into court cases even if it was gathered in an illegal manner. This would give federal agents the incentive to overreach the scope of their investigations and use improper surveillance techniques. Innocent people would inevitably be spied upon and investigated without proper court review.

This act would tie drug possession to terrorism sponsorship.
The Victory Act would create a new federal crime of "narco-terrorism" that would bring mandatory penalties of 20 years to life imprisonment for the possession, manufacture, distribution, import or export of any amount of any controlled substance that "directly or indirectly" aids a "terrorist organization." Under this provision, low-level drug offenders could face life imprisonment for buying or selling drugs to people unknowingly connected with a terrorist organization.

The act would violate constitutional protections against unwarranted searches.
The Department of Justice could require a person to appear in their offices to produce records and answer questions without a warrant or oversight by the courts. This would remove key judicial review and create a situation prone to abuse. "

It is urgent that you let your voice be heard on these issues, everyone. The current government will not stop with their demands for increased powers that are totally un-Constitutional unless you do.

Their tactics of changing the names of bills (the "Victory" act is merely a re-named PatriotII), or sliding legilation into totally un-related packages and sneaking it through that way are indicators of how frantic this government is to subvert the Constitiution and the Bill of Rights.

If you have a conscience - and freedom as we know it means anything to you, you'll get busy fax'ing your representatives, and staying informed on this. Pete

harleywhite · Lieutenant Joined: Feb 05, 2004 Posts: 167 Location: USA

A person who takes it upon themselves to break the law, sell drugs, own or posses illeagal items, generally someone who has no respect for the law, government, or people's safety should have no rights to privacy at all. What I'm saying is that those people whom have proven untrustworthy, deserve no trust.

spy1 · Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2004 2:58 am Post subject:

And a person who HASN'T done any of that deserves to have their privacy and freedom taken away, anyway? Pete

harleywhite · Lieutenant Joined: Feb 05, 2004 Posts: 167 Location: USA

In a word, spy, no.


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